Simon Youl

Simon Youl was an Australian tennis player who played professionally from 1982 to 1994. Youl achieved a career-best singles ranking of #80 in the world in September 1992, and a doubles ranking of #63 in the world in April 1992.

Youl had a promising start to his career as a junior, winning three boys’ doubles titles in 1983 with Mark Kratzmann. Youl also reached three boys’ singles finals but finished as the runner-up each time. On the ATP Challenger Tour Youl won five singles and four doubles titles from November 1990 to September 1994. On the ATP Tour he won a further two singles and two doubles titles during his career.

Youl competed in the singles at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics when tennis was a demonstration sport. After beating Yakubu Suleiman and Stuart Bale he lost in the quarter-finals to Paolo Canè. Youl’s best Grand Slam performance came at the 1990 French Open where he reached the semi-finals of the mixed doubles with Louise Field.